A contingent of 47 gang members who
were allegedly planning to wreak havoc on the Coney
Island boardwalk were arrested.[14] one had a gun and 11 had machetes.[14]

Stabbing
of an 18 year old

On February 20, 2007 an 18-year old
boy was stabbed 21 times in Boston's
Back Bay MBTA station by a gang of teenagers as part of their jumping in process.
The man subsequently quit the gang, and the DDP code orders that past members
must be killed.

Murder
of Jose "Ness" Rosario

15 year-old Jose Rosario, better
known as "Ness", was killed outside of a deli in Hackensack,
New
Jersey. The boy was killed by a member of
the Trinitarios.

Murder
of Marviel Martinez

On April 13, 2005 fifteen year old Alex
Ramirez, a member of the DDP off-shoot Bones, was charged with second-degree
murder after witnesses said he slashed 16-year-old Marviel Martinez (rival gang
member Trinitario) in the neck and then thrust the blade deep in the teen's
back Tuesday morning at the Jerome Avenue IRT 183rd Street station.[15]

Murder
of Mark Tyrell

A 16 year old, Mark Tyrell, was
stabbed in march 2007 outside of Pizzeria in Union Square.[16] Mark Tyrell has gotten into a fight with members of the DDP
which forced him to get transferred to Chelsea.[17]

Union
Square, December 2006 murder

A brutal fight amongst almost 50
teenagers [18] in Union Square left one teen dead (Taishawn Bellevue) and two others
injured.[19] Police Commissioner Kelly said it was a "planned
confrontation": Some Washington Irving
High School female students were
"insulted," so they enlisted their boyfriends at Science Skills High
School to defend their honor.[20] Taishawn Bellevue was killed during this altercation.[19][21][22] Taishawn was an aspiring basketball player known as baby Lebron
as his MySpace page is littered with Lebron
James wall papers.[20][23]

Commissioner Kelly also suggested
that the fight was gang-related, as some Washington Irving students are members
of DDP - Dominicans Don't Play.[24] Other students who were based at Science Skills students
could been members of no gang .[24]
An official who spoke to the NY
Times, someone whistled to start the
fight and the girls' contingent from Science Skills had 15 people "with no
plans for a confrontation and found themselves outnumbered."[20] Police reviewed surveillance footage from a nearby store
that captured the fight. The around 50 teens involved used belts, pieces of
wood, and bats during the altercation. 16-year-old Francisco Baez is charged
with murder, gang assault and criminal possession of a weapon.[19] after two people picked him out of a line up.[25] He later confessed to the crime as a result of being
identified.[26]

Other
incidents

In 2004 several people associated
with DDP were arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of a River Edge, New Jersey man after the North Hudson Dominican Day Parade in August 2003. They have had an
ongoing feud with other area gangs, including the sets affiliated with the United Blood Nation
and the Trinitarios, a group comprised also of Dominican youths.[27] There was a recent arrest of three members of the DDP by
the FBI.

On January 1, 2007 3 members of the
gang DDP were arrested in New York City. They were wanted for multiple charges
relating to a shooting incident at a restaurant in which the three subjects
fired several rounds killing one person and critically injuring three. They
were arrested in NY with a .38 caliber hand gun.[8] Other incidents include a large brawl in Manhattan's Union
Square.[21][22]

There have been incidents of
individuals who have been attacked with machetes after being asked if they were
members of the DDP.[28] Some attacks have been deadly.[29]

Potential
for expansion

They are currently the second
largest gang of Dominican descent behind the Trinitario Gang.[30] The group has limited potential for nationwide expansion
and is largely confined to areas with significant Dominican populations in particular
Washington Heights, Chelsea,[31]
Florida, Atlanta, Boston and New Jersey.[32] It is the fastest growing gang in the Bronx,[33][34] and amongst the largest in New Jersey.[35] They are considered to have the largest concentration of
Dominicans of any neighborhood in the United
States, combined population of Dominicans
residing in New York and New Jersey totals around 1.2 out of an overall US
Dominican

In
other countries

Spain

However, on March 7, 2006 Spanish
Police in Madrid
has noted a growing gang presence of the Latin Kings
and DDP.[10] Spanish police report 130 documented DDP members, making
them the largest in Spain. DDP is the largest and most violent street gang in
Spain. The gang, has become the most prominent gang in Madrid.[10][37] On November 5, Spanish security forces arrested 40 DDP
members, all of them between 16 and 29 years old. The security forces
confiscated 5 guns, one grenade, one machete, ammo, 3 baseball bats,
400 grams of cocaine, and 200.000 Euros in cash.